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Baptismal Certificate, Methodist Episcopal Church, Olney, Philadelphia – Elmer Frederick Wesemann (born 6 November 1918), dated May 2, 1920 [?]
Transcript
Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.
The record
Transcription of: c1919_Baptism_Certificate_Elmer_Frederick_Wesemann.pdf
Document: Printed Methodist Episcopal Church baptismal certificate with decorative border and blackletter headings. Entries are typed and the pastor has signed in ink. The paper is creased and faded.
Conventions: original spelling kept; [?] = uncertain reading; [illegible] = unreadable; bracketed italic text describes images or marks the transcriber's notes.
Transcription
BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE
This Certifies that Elmer Frederick Wesemann infant son of George W. Wesemann and Mary M. Wesemann, born at Philadelphia on the 6th day of November A.D. 1918. was this day baptized by me in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit according to the usages of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
and is therefore entitled to be received into full membership in the Church, when the requirements of the Discipline shall have been met.
| Place | Olney, Philadelphia. |
| Date | May 2, 1920 [?]. |
| Pastor | Edward F. Randolph [signature] |
Transcriber's Notes
Date of baptism: after the printed '19' the typed year is two digits. The first is a '2' typed over another character; the second is '0'. Read as 1920, but uncertain. The file name suggests c1919.
Birth year '1918' is typed after the printed '19'.
The pastor's signature is read as 'Edward F. Randolph'. The surname is fairly clear; the middle initial could be 'T'.
'infant' and 'son' are typed into the blanks after the child's name.